Accessions and Openings for the 3rd quarter
FY 2009

Washington, DC, Area

Among the highly significant records accessioned by the Records Accessioning and Control Team this quarter were 69 cubic feet of direct offers from the Central Intelligence Agency (Record Group 263). They included the following record series titles: Field Monitoring Operations Files—Cruising Reports, 1941–69; Intelligence Publications Files—Daily Report Files, 1949–79; Intelligence Publications Files—Daily Report Files, 1952–87; Authoritative Communist and Third World Statements Files, 1953–92; Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) files, 1958–81; Field Monitoring Operations Files—Schedule Files, 1971–84; and Intelligence Publications—Daily Report Files, 1980–83.

Declassifications

Records of the Office of Management and Budget (Record Group 51)17.688 cubic feet
Army Program Files, 1961–69.

Electronic Records

Records of the Fish and Wildlife Service (Record Group 22)8,922 logical data records
Threatened and Endangered Species System (TESS) Public Use Data, as of July 2008. Materials open. Contact the Reference Staff, Center for Electronic Records, at 301-837-0470, or e-mail cer@nara.gov.

Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior (Record Group 48)46,272 logical data records
Index and Photographs Documenting the Secretary's Activities, and Agency Officials, Events, Programs, and Managed Sites, 2001–2006. Materials open. Contact the Reference Staff, Center for Electronic Records, at 301-837-0470, or e-mail cer@nara.gov.

Records of the Federal Reserve System (Record Group 82)68 logical data records
Current Economic Comment Reports by District (the "Redbook"), 1970–75. Materials open. Contact the Reference Staff, Center for Electronic Records, at 301-837-0470, or e-mail cer@nara.gov.

Special Media

Records of the National Archives and Records Administration (Record Group 64)21 cubic feet
These accessions consist of videotape recordings of the new Archives II (National Archives at College Park, MD) building during its groundbreaking, construction, contractor tours, and leading up to its completion, 1985–2004. Accession NN3-064-07-003, NN3-64-05-003, NN3-64-05-002 (ARC 12055).

General Records of the Department of Education (Record Group 441)4 cubic feet
This accretion to the Office of the Secretaryseries, 1990–2008, consists of video and audio recordings of the public affairs activities of the Department of Education Secretaries. Accession NN3-441-09-004 (ARC 785992).

Records of the Department of Defense (Record Group 319)Less than 1 cubic foot
This internal transfer consists of a sound recording of U.S. Army defector Jerry Wayne Parrish made after he defected to North Korea, 1963. NC1-319-78-003 (ARC 2827669).

Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards (Record Group 220)Less than 1 cubic foot
This internal transfer consists of moving images of the work of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, 2001–2004. NN3-220-05-007 (ARC 2788760).

Records of the Department of Interior (Record Group 49)Less than 1 cubic foot
These firefighting videos, 1997–2004, are an accretion to the Bureau of Land Management, Office of Public Affairs, general series. NN3-049-09-002 (ARC 11769).

Records of the Bureau of Prisons (Record Group 129)30 cubic feet
This accession from the Office of Information, Policy & Public Affairs, 1960–2009, consists of moving images relating to the work of prison personnel. NN3-129-09-001 (ARC 2867025).

Records of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Record Group 370)4 cubic feet
This series from the Office of Response and Restoration, 1907–19, consists of motion picture films of the Pribilof Islands in Alaska, which were long used by the seal hunting industries (3 cubic feet). These early images of the islands were filmed by H. J. Christoffers. NN3-370-09-001.

This series from the Office of Response and Restoration, 1930–2006, consists of footage of the Pribilof Islands shot on DVCPRO HD video (1 cubic foot). The recordings include interviews with Alaska Natives and others involved over the years with the seal hunting industries and reclamation project. NN3-370-09-002.

Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, (Record Group 330)2 cubic feet
This accession from Joint Advertising Market Research and Studies, 2000–2002, consists of video and CD recordings made for the Todays.Military.com web site, created to recruit young people into all the armed services of the United States. NN3-330-09-017.

Records of the Naval Ship Systems Command (Record Group 344)152 cubic feet
This series from Submarine Plans (Hull Series) consists of ship engineering drawings that show the hull and mechanical construction of U.S. Navy submarines. These ship plans include World War II diesel-powered ships and a postwar radar picket submarine. NN3-344-09-001.

Records of the Bureau of Land Management (Record Group 49)1.38 cubic feet
Alaska State Office: Maps and Overlays, 1953–95, summarizing land availability for mineral exploration and development in Northern Alaska.

Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (Record Group 338)36 cubic feet
Natick Laboratories. Technical Reports, 1968–73. 1979.
Natick Laboratories. Five Year Operating Program Files, 1971–72.
Natick Laboratories. Operating Programs Progress Reports, 1970–75.
U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. Operating Agency Five Year Program Files, 1974–88.
U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. Publication Sets, 1990–92.
U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. Technical Reports, 1936–85.

Records of United States Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations (Record Group 342)1 cubic foot
Civilian Policy Board Records, 1967–83.

Records of District Courts of the United States (Record Group 21)88 cubic feet
Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division. Bankruptcy Adversary Cases, 1979–87.
Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division. Civil and Criminal Dockets, 1973–83.

Records of District Courts of the United States (Record Group 21)4,317 cubic feet
Federal courts in New Jersey:
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (Camden): Closed Criminal Cases, 1971.
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (Newark): Closed Civil Cases, 1972, 1977, 1982.
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (Trenton): Closed Criminal Cases, 1967–69; Closed Civil Cases, 1974–82.

Federal Courts in New York:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York: Closed Bankruptcy Cases (screened cases), 1924; 1937–January 1979; 1960–63.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York: Closed Bankruptcy Cases, 1965; Closed Bankruptcy Cases (screened cases), 1903–77.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York: Closed Civil Cases, 1968–81.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Central Islip): Closed Civil Cases, 1977–82; Closed Criminal Cases, 1983.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York: Closed Civil Cases, 1972–82.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York: Closed Civil Cases, 1968–69; 1970–83; 1972; Closed Civil Dockets, 1983; Closed Criminal Cases, 1969–83; Miscellaneous Cases, 1973–83; Opinions—Civil, Criminal, Bankruptcy, 1978–80.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (White Plains): Closed Criminal Cases, 1982; Closed Civil Cases, 1981–83.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York: Closed Civil Cases, 1973–81.

General Records of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (Record Group 207)9 cubic feet
Systemic and Secretary-initiated Complaint Case Files, FY 1976 and 1982; FY 1983–FY 1985; FY 1999.

Records of the U.S. District Courts (Record Group 21)3 cubic feet
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Charlottesville Division: Declarations of Intention, 1930–82; Naturalization Petitions, 1954–91; Attorney Rolls, 1938–63; Civil Docket Book, 1939–64; Civil Order Books, 1939–74, 1976–77, 1984–85; Criminal Docket Book, 1960–77; and Criminal Order Book, 1960–74.

Records of the U.S. Courts of Appeals (Record Group 276)10 cubic feet
Dockets for miscellaneous cases, 1964–95; minutes, 1971–93; designation of visiting judges, 1910–46; and appeal notices and opinions from cases from the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1921–44.

Collection of personal correspondence and printed materials of Raymond C. Moley, a member of FDR's original Brains Trust.

A handwritten statement by Harry L. Hopkins recording the recollections of Thomas Corcoran on the origins of the Supreme Court crisis of 1937.

A Western Union telegram from President Herbert Hoover to President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt following the assassination attempt on FDR, February 1933.

A mail-order form signed by FDR for "The Ship Model Builder's Assistant."

An original signed letter from FDR to J. Levi, November 6, 1943, thanking him for the leather photo frame containing photos of the four Roosevelt sons in uniform. This framed item is currently on the President's White House desk display.

A handwritten letter from FDR to Jouett Shouse seeking unification of the Democratic Party following the National Convention, July 1932.

Three draft pages of speeches from FDR's days as Governor of New York State: one speech relating to unemployment relief and the other to local government reform.

A Native American land deed for most of Hyde Park, NY, June 24, 1696, written in Old Dutch and signed by Stephanus van Cortlandt, Meyander Harmense, and five Indian chiefs.

Other notable archival acquisitions this quarter include a sample 1932 election ballot from Wheeling, WV; an enrolled copy of an Oklahoma State Senate Resolution establishing March 4, 2009, as Franklin D. Roosevelt Appreciation Day; three photograph scrapbooks documenting Campobello Island during the time it was owned by Armand Hammer; copies of news articles and other printed materials related to the USS Iowa; and an original letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Ruth Schulman regarding housing conditions in New York City, June 26, 1962.

Two original color transparencies and 25 black-and-white negatives and transparencies produced by Leon A. Perskie during a sitting with Franklin D. Roosevelt for the 1944 official campaign portrait.

Harry S. Truman Library

Accretions to the Ken Hechler Papers, the Ted Sanders Papers, and the Miscellaneous Historical Documents Collection.

Transcripts of oral history interviews with Valeria LaMere, Alex Petrovic, and Dwain Reynolds. The interviews were conducted and the transcripts donated by the Harry S Truman National Historic Site, National Park Service.

Architectural drawings of the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City, MO. The drawings, dating from the construction of the courthouse in 1934, were donated by Kansas City, MO.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Accretion to the papers of John F. Hilliard, 1945 and 1968–80, 420 pages.

John F. Kennedy Library

A deed of gift was completed for the papers of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. This collection includes correspondence and other papers as First Lady, 1960–64; scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, books; press releases, correspondence, clippings, related materials, and photographic albums and photographs sent to and maintained by the First Lady's Press Secretary, 1961–63; photographs of Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, and others, events at the White House, and trips ca. 1920–93; photographs lent to and used by Anne Lincoln in her book, The Kennedy White House Parties. 72.02 cubic feet; 331 museum artifacts. Closed.

An accretion to the papers of Herbert E. Tucker, Jr., Files relating to Mr. Tucker's work on John F. Kennedy's 1958 senatorial campaign and 1961 Presidential inauguration, as well as his involvement with the DNC. 0.050 cubic feet. Closed.

The papers of Myer Feldman, lawyer, government official, and Deputy Special Counsel to the President (1961–64). Personal and professional correspondence, alphabetical and subject files, notebooks, diaries, and writings relating to John F. Kennedy and other Presidential campaigns and administrations, local and international organizations, and legislative matters 48.108 cubic feet. Closed.

An accretion to the papers of Robert Shrum, political consultant. 46 reels of 1" type C videotape relating to Edward M. Kennedy political campaigns. 4.307 cubic feet. Closed.

Accretions to the papers of Theodore C. Sorensen. Publications and writings related to and regarding Sorensen's career, public appearances, and speaking engagements; published copies of articles by the donor; incoming letters; publications and awards presented to Mr. Sorensen; and a short run of weekly planners. 2.52 cu ft. Closed.

An accretion to the Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection, including the papers of William Tiffin (0.504 cu foot), and six oral history interviews with:

Joseph Gedhill (Sierra Leone)

Kristin Wegner (Dominican Republic)

Elizabeth Bell Holtzman (Nigeria)

Jeffrey W. Potter (Nepal, 1994–96)

Jim Johnson (Nigeria,and Ghana)

Jerome Johnson (Nigeria, 1966–68)

Three additions to the Miscellaneous Accessions Collection, including papers from Stewart Udall of his correspondence with Jacqueline Onassis, were accessioned, processed, and opened. 0.100 cu ft. Open.

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

The following oral history transcripts were accessioned and are available for research:

Irwin Wolkstein, who worked in the Social Security Administration and was instrumental in the development of Medicare legislation and the implementation of its programs, 19 pages

William A. Reynolds, staff member for Senator Robert Kerr, 1953–63, 49 pages

Papers of William H. Crook, Director of the Southwest Region of the Office of Economic Opportunity, 1966; Director of VISTA, 1967–68; and Ambassador to Australia, 1968–69. The files mostly contain material about OEO and VISTA, a small portion about Crook's time as a member of the U.S.-Mexico Border Development Commission 1967, and his time as Ambassador to Australia. The collection is 1.38 cubic feet and is available for research.

Papers of Dean H. Towner, which consists of LBJ's letters concerning Towner's Fulbright Scholarship to Rome, 1961–62. This collection is seven pages (0.00406 cubic feet) and is available for research.

Papers of Dennis Fagan, which consists of his photographic collection pertaining to Lady Bird Johnson and the LBJ Ranch. This collection consists of 1,361 images (0.319 cubic feet) and is available for research.

Accretion to the papers of economist Michael Moskow, who held several senior positions under Presidents Nixon and Ford.

Accretion from John Logie of Grand Rapids, a DVD reproduction of a 1936 home movie of a wedding attended by Betty Bloomer.

Jimmy Carter Library

Materials from Pepperdine Professor Dan Caldwell.

Accretion to collection from President Carter's Office.

George H.W. Bush Library

An additional seven cubic feet to the Betty Miller Unterberger Collection. Professor Unterberger was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. from Duke University. She has served on the History Review Panel to the Central Intelligence Agency since 1998, and her donation consists of materials collected during her time on the panel.

A deed of gift was completed for the Juliet McLennan Papers. McLennan served in several capacities on the Bush/Quayle campaign in 1988, and her papers document the campaign from an insider's perspective.

A deed of gift was completed for the Jack Kemp Papers. Kemp served as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1989 to 1993. His donated collection complements the HUD materials located in the Bush Presidential Collection.

William J. Clinton Library

The Clinton Library accessioned approximately 229.59 cubic feet of textual material this quarter:

The Stephen Charla Collection of materials on the 1992 Clinton Presidential Election

The Ambassador Inderfurth Collection of Clinton transition material

OPENINGS

Franklin D. Roosevelt Library

Papers of Curtis Roosevelt, the eldest grandson of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. The collection consists mainly of Mr. Roosevelt's files from his service in the United Nations as Chief of the Non-Governmental Organizations Section. The NGO Section assisted civil, labor, church, and other nongovernmental groups interested in United Nations activities, 4.8 cubic feet.

Harry S. Truman Library

All accessions from the third quarter are open for research:

Accretions to the Ken Hechler Papers, the Ted Sanders Papers, and the Miscellaneous Historical Documents Collection.

Transcripts of oral history interviews with Valeria LaMere, Alex Petrovic, and Dwain Reynolds. The interviews were conducted and the transcripts donated by the Harry S Truman National Historic Site, National Park Service.

Architectural drawings of the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City, MO. The drawings, dating from the construction of the courthouse in 1934, were donated by Kansas City, MO.

Papers of Gil Shaw, a Coast Guard participant in the funeral of Harry S. Truman. The papers consist primarily of newspaper clippings, fact sheets, and other materials concerning Truman's presidency, death, and funeral, 1970–72, less than one-half of one linear foot.

Papers of Niles W. Bond, a State Department official. The papers consist of correspondence and memoranda between the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, and other officials regarding the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Korea, 1947–49, less than one-half of one linear foot.

The World War II Collection. The collection contains historical materials relating to World War II that have been donated to the Truman Library over the years, including printed materials, scrapbooks, correspondence, reports, and memorabilia. Most of these materials were originally opened for research as part of the Miscellaneous Historical Documents Collection (MHDC) or the General Historical Documents Collection (GHDC), 1932–96, 2 linear feet, 7 linear inches.

John F. Kennedy Library

An addition to the Personal Papers of John Kenneth Galbraith, economist, educator, author, and diplomat. Correspondence, memoranda, draft manuscripts of books and articles, reports, speeches, interviews, testimonies, and news clippings covering his early career, early government service, Harvard University, the 1960 Presidential election campaign as well as other Presidential and Senatorial campaigns, diplomatic papers, and his career as an author. Open in part.

Series 6 and 7 of McGeorge Bundy, author, professor, and government official. 142.988 cubic feet.

The papers of Winifred Armstrong. Subject files relating to donor's work as a speechwriter and staff member for Senator John F. Kennedy. 2.52 cubic feet.

Three additions to the Miscellaneous Accessions Collection. 0.100 cubic feet.

Reprocessed and created an item-level inventory of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards collection. Includes various materials submitted by award recipients, such as transcripts, audio and video recordings, clippings, newsprint and photographs. 25.091 cubic feet.

Approximately 154 hours of tape recordings from the Nixon White House consisting of approximately 994 conversations primarily from January 1973. The conversations covered topics such as the conclusion of a peace settlement between the United States and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the return of American POWs, President Nixon's second inauguration, the U.S. and Europe, the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, energy policy, the reorganization of the executive branch, and the first Watergate trial. This was the 13th opening of Nixon White House tapes since 1980, and with this release approximately 2,371 hours of tape recordings from the Nixon White House are now available to the public.

The opening also consisted of approximately 10.5 cubic feet of previously restricted materials from the White House Special Files, Staff Member and Office Files; the National Security Files; and the Henry A. Kissinger Files. The materials included documents on U.S. policy toward Europe, on U.S. policy in the Middle East, on the investigation of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, on the investigation of Jack Anderson, also known as the Radford Affair, and on the conduct of the war in Cambodia and Vietnam. The opening also included CIA Bay of Pigs materials personally delivered to the White House in 1971 by the Director of Central Intelligence, Richard Helms, at President Nixon's request. The President asked for these materials in support of activities associated with the so-called Plumbers unit. Although other copies of these documents have been released by the CIA on its web site, these materials were not previously publicly known to have been received by the Nixon administration.

Also released were the White House Central Files of Kenneth Cole, White House Central Files, Alpha Name Files for Borman, Frank (Col.) and Olsen, P., White House Central Files, Staff Member and Office Files: White House Executive Clerk Reading File (consisting of Memorandums to the Heads of Departments and Agencies), and RG 87 (Records of the U.S. Secret Service), Installation and Maintenance of the White House Sound Recording System and Tapes.

Gerald R. Ford Library

The first nine boxes (covering the letters A-M) of the National Security Adviser. Presidential Subject File collection, containing folders on a wide variety of foreign affairs and national security matters. Among the larger files opened so far are those relating to the Camp David Meeting of Foreign and Finance Ministers on Energy, Sept. 28–29, 1974; chemical and biological weapons; Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; communications; congressional matters; energy policy; European Community; fisheries legislation (200-mile limit); food/food aid/World Food Conference; foreign assistance/Military Assistance Service Fund, foreign military sales, jet engines (JT-10D License), and Law of the Sea.

Two additional series from the National Security Adviser. NSC International Economic Affairs Staff: Files, (1973) 1975–76. The chronological files in the collection ("Robert Hormats Chronological File" and "Timothy Deal Chronological File") are now available for research. They contain materials accumulated by NSC senior staff member Robert Hormats and his assistants and concern such topics as economic relations with specific countries, international economic summits, trade, foreign investment, energy, oil prices, OPEC, food aid, grain sales, Maritime affairs, and foreign aid. The two subject files in this collection were opened to research in 2007, so all of the series are now available.

Two additional segments of the Melvin R. Laird Papers, relating to his work as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1972. The first concerns equal opportunity and race relations in the military. The primary focus is on African Americans, although it also includes items on women, the handicapped, and other minorities. The second segment concerns drug abuse among military personnel.

Papers of Charles J. Orlebeke, Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, 1975–77. The collection focuses on the areas of housing, community development, and urban policy with much relating to the work of the President's Committee on Urban Development and Neighborhood Revitalization. Access to the materials requires advance consultation with an archivist before a visit to the library in order to request that specific folders be added to the library's review-for-access queue. (9.3 linear feet)

An accretion to the papers of Eric D. Thuma in the Composite General Accessions collection, 1976–80. The material consists of 194 slides, one photograph, and digital images on two CD-ROMs related to President Ford's 1976 reelection campaign activities in Michigan, the 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit, and Professor Thuma's Oakland Community College radio documentary, The Making of the President in the Bicentennial Year and his public service radio program, Epilogue. Included are campaign photographs on a variety of subjects and transcripts of Thuma's interviews with numerous and various political and public figures, including Walter Cronkite, Trustee Lee Bollinger, Father Charles Coughlin, John Dean, George Will, and Rock Hudson.

The library opened the audiovisual materials in the papers of Trustee Roderick M. Hills, Counsel to the President and Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman in the Ford administration, Corporate Executive and Attorney, 1975–2005. Included are audio and photos of SEC Chairman Hills's April 1976 appearance on Wall Street Week and audio of his November 1976 address to the Economic Club of New York, various post-Ford administration speeches, and a set of audio recordings from the 1979 AEI Forum, "Choosing Presidential Candidates: How Good is the New Way?" (0.1 cubic feet).

Jimmy Carter Library

Additional Carter Family Papers.

State Files series and Speech Files.

Congressional Liaison-Robert Maher Subject Files.

Ronald Reagan Library

Governor's Papers of Ronald Reagan, 1967–75, Legislative Unit, Boxes L312 through L650. The collection, now open in full, consists of copies of legislation submitted to the Governor for his signature, copies of earlier versions of the bills, and reports completed by various departments of the state government assessing the impact of the legislation.

Segments of the White House Speechwriting Office: Speech Research Office, 1987–1/20/1989, and case files 1-200000 for White House Office of Records Management Subject File category FG006-01 (White House Office). This is approximately the years 1981–83.

The Howard Baker and Ken Duberstein collections. The material consists of administrative material handled by the chief of staff including the transition to the George H.W. Bush administration. Subject files are linked to events from the last two years of the Reagan administration: recovering from the Iran Contra investigation; Supreme Court nominees; and U.S.-USSR summits and arms control.

The Peter Keisler collection. The material covers the nominations of Robert Bork and Anthony Kennedy to the Supreme Court, and his work on the Legal Analysis Team studying legal issues related to the Iran-Contra investigations. The bulk of his material consisted of printed and published material. This segment also includes any WHORM Subject File case files relative to Keisler.

The Presidential Briefing Papers, consisting of a work sheet listing the President's activities for an individual day. Attached are briefing papers or appointment/scheduling memos briefly outlining each of the President's activities of the day.

George H. W. Bush Library

Records processed in response to the following Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request have been opened for research: 2004-0145-F (WHORM Subject Code CO134, Saudi Arabia).

William J. Clinton Library

Records processed in response to the following Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request have been opened for research: 2006-0886-F Call logs of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.